Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 30-90cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - September (Earliest: 17.4)

Protective Chemicals
Sesquiterpenoids	Protoanemonin, Ranunculin

Biotopes:	Meadows
Flower Visitors:	Andrena nana	Tenthredo arcuata	Tenthredo koehleri	Several Lycaenidae
	Several Nymphalidae	Pieris napi	Pseudopanthera macularia	Euclidia glyphica
	Anthophila fabriciana	Eudonia truncicolella	Many Syrphidae	Siphona geniculata
	Phaonia consobrina	Empis ciliata	Brassicogethes aeneus	Cychramus luteus
	Stenurella melanura	Stenurella nigra	Dasytes niger	Attagenus unicolor
	Anthaxia quadripunctata	Chrysanthia geniculata	Eusphalerum atrum	Agriotes pallidulus
	Chrysolina brunsvicensis	Byturus tomentosus
Parasites:	Ramularia didyma	Leptotrochila ranunculi	Erysiphe aquilegiae	Uromyces dactylidis
	Phytomyza ranunculi	Cheilosia albitarsis Larva (Root Borer)	Pseudodineura fuscula
Herbivores:	Amphipyra tragopoginis Larva	Cnephasia stephensiana	Several Tenthredinidae Larvae	Several Chrysomelidae
Possible Herbivores:	Several Tortricidae	Callimorpha dominula	Xestia triangulum Larva	Many Tenthredinidae
	Otiorhynchus porcatus
Sapivores:	Lygus pratensis	Philaenus spumarius	Dysaphis ranunculi
Possible Sapivores:	Aphis fabae
Florivores:	Agrochola lychnidis Larva
Possible Florivores:	Cnephasia pasiuana	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis
Possible Granivores:	Rhopalus maculatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Meadow Buttercup

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 J.K. Lindsey

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